(2)
(b) If a Crown servant wishes to solicit any gift (whether of money or otherwise but not including an air, sea or overland passage), discount or loan of money which he does not have permission to solicit under paragraphs 3 to 7, he must, before soliciting the gift, discount or loan of money, seek the permission of the approving authority to solicit it.
In the case of gifts other than money, the approving authority may -
(3)
(a)
permit the Crown servant to solicit or accept the gift either unconditionally or subject to such conditions as the approving authority may specify; or
or
(b) refuse him permission to solicit
accept the gift and, if the gift is already in his possession,
(i) require him to return it to
the donor; or
(ii)
require the gift to be handed to a charitable organisation nominated by the Crown servant and approved by the approving authority; or
(iii) require him to dispose of the gift in such other manner as the approving authority may direct.
In the case of discounts, the approving
authority may
(a)
permit the Crown
servant to solicit or
accept or take the benefit of the discount either unconditionally or subject to such conditions as
the approving authority may specify; or
(b) refuse him permission to solicit or accept or take the benefit of the discount and, if he has already accepted or taken the benefit of the discount, require him to pay to the donor of the discount an amount equal to the value of the discount.
Amendment No. 2(10)
/93